dàn

insipid

diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen

water (氵) + [sound: dàn] (炎) = watered-down, diluted, bland

炎 mainly lends the sound dàn; the water radical carries the meaning, evoking something so diluted by water that its flavor or color barely registers.

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这碗汤味道太了,需要加点盐。

zhè wǎn tāng wèidào tài dàn le,xūyào jiā diǎn yán。

This bowl of soup is too bland; it needs a little salt added.

她对那件事的态度很,好像不在乎。

tā duì nà jiàn shì de tàidù hěn dàn,hǎoxiàng bù zàihu。

Her attitude toward that matter was very indifferent, as if she did not care.

Words with 淡

雅淡

yǎ dàn

simple and elegant

咸淡

xián dàn

salty and unsalty (flavors)

黯淡

àn dàn

variant of 暗淡[an4 dan4]

冷淡

lěng dàn

cold

冷淡关系

lěng dàn guān xì

cold relations (e.g. between countries)

君子之交淡如水

jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ

a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])

寡淡

guǎ dàn

insipid

平淡

píng dàn

flat

平淡无奇

píng dàn wú qí

ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about

性冷淡

xìng lěng dàn

frigidity

恬淡

tián dàn

quiet and contented

惨淡

cǎn dàn

dark

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